Showing papers in "Patient Education and Counseling in 1998"

TL;DR: A self-administered HRT decision aid was developed and evaluated in a before/after study of 94 women from six family practices and found it comprehensible, acceptable in length and pace, and balanced.

TL;DR: Results indicate that people with low literacy skills can, with the help of pictographs, recall large amounts of medical information for significant periods of time.

TL;DR: It is suggested that further validation of existing instruments and incorporation of assessment of non-verbal communication between the patient and the doctor are needed.

TL;DR: The controlled intervention study showed that this kind of moderate-intensity, high-frequency activity improved the health-related fitness and selected indices of metabolic health and the promotion project in a large industrial plant demonstrated that walking and cycling during work trips can be successfully promoted by relatively low cost measures.

TL;DR: Patients with many pre-operative expectations, particularly patients with low baseline function, reported more improvement in post-operative function than patients with few expectations, which influenced recovery from surgery at 6 months.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that simplifying written immunization material and making it more suitable will increase appeal, but such modification may not raise comprehension to an acceptable level without use of instructional graphics.

TL;DR: Motivating beliefs on the relevance to reducing the threat to the patient's health condition ('values') and the evaluations of the clinical trial the patient is approached for ('expectancy'), are relevant in explaining patient behavior.

TL;DR: A synthesis of what is known about the communication of cancer risk information is provided and recommendations for the enhancement of knowledge and practice in the field are made.

TL;DR: The findings of this study suggest that patients' information needs may be better met if information booklets are written in plain English, and presented to patients prior to treatment.

TL;DR: Nine focus groups for well, longer-term survivors of breast cancer were held in Ontario, Canada and themes identified through analysis of focus group transcripts fell into two broad categories, one reflecting the context within which women seek information and the other reflecting the content of information desired and sought.

TL;DR: Besides age, the occurrence of dementia in a close relative appeared to be a strong predictor of people's subjective forgetfulness and people who felt more in control of their memory functioning reported less forgetfulness.

TL;DR: The utilisation of prenatal diagnosis after predictive testing for HD is assessed and the psychological and ethical implications of different types of prenatal tests, including preimplantation genetic diagnosis are reflected.

TL;DR: Qualitative research method was used and results indicated that parents experienced changes of a definitive and long-lasting nature as a result of cancer in their child and how they cope with it.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined factors predicting the practice of breast self-examination behavior among Chinese women in Hong Kong using a cross-sectional survey research design and found that there were differences between practicers vs non-practicers and among breast self examination frequency groups and some support of the predictive power of the Health Belief Model.

TL;DR: It is found that Reach to Recovery program participants were generally satisfied with the program they received and that the program has incremental benefits to the quality of life of patients with breast cancer.

TL;DR: The results showed that the majority of patients had fair knowledge and appropriate help seeking behaviour and indicated a significant association between these variables, however, this relationship was not absolute and although significant the correlation was low.

TL;DR: The PrimeTime program was a randomized clinical trial designed to study the effects of a comprehensive lifestyle management program on changes in behavioral risk factors among postmenopausal women with CHD.

TL;DR: The consequences of current developments within the Dutch society and in medical techniques as these relate to the need for patient education are enlightened and a planning model for a systematic development of patient education interventions is recommended.

TL;DR: The health potential of physical activity is substantial due to the high prevalence of inactive lifestyle in the populations, the great number of health conditions being affected by physical activity, and the feasibility and safety ofphysical activity as a health measure.

TL;DR: Results showed clear mediator effects of perceived pressure for associations between stressors (both behavioral problems of the demented elder and caregiving tasks) and non-spouse caregivers' psychological distress, making it inadequate to focus interventions merely on stressors in the caregiving situation.

TL;DR: It is concluded that most children and parents use coping strategies that protect them from developing psychopathology and a psychosocial support model is proposed which can be helpful in interpreting these emotions and coping strategies.

TL;DR: Women's perceptions and use of written summaries of genetic consultations are investigated, finding that individuals often experience difficulty in recalling the information they receive during consultations, and there is a potential for the miscommunication of genetic information within families.

TL;DR: The author contend that an increased understanding of the relationships that many AA young adults have with hip-hop music may be used by disease prevention personnel to educate these populations about protective factors for HIV.

TL;DR: The results indicated that the participants were, on the whole, pleased with the content of the programme, and there were, however, some indications that they did not understand all the information provided.

TL;DR: An experimental study on the effects of intensified education of parents of children with amblyopia on their understanding of the nature of the defect, its origins and treatment reveals a superior understanding among parents in the experimental group.

TL;DR: The IPS made use of cognitive-behavioural techniques and aimed at reducing depression and anxiety, to increase the feeling of mastery of the situation and to facilitate active participation in medical treatments.

TL;DR: Four major themes or spheres of influence emerged as important in the women's decision-making process: the woman's internal influence--the interface between her perceptions and feelings including the symptoms of menopause, the benefits realized by HRT usage, and the experiences of negative side effects.

TL;DR: While Planetree patients reported better mental health status and role functioning after discharge, their health status was similar to controls after 3 to 6 months, and there were no differences in length of stay and charges for the index hospitalization, readmissions or outpatient care during the following year.

TL;DR: The results indicate that the long-term efficacy of self management courses for asthmatic children is enhanced by regular follow-up training sessions.

TL;DR: A shift in the methods by which the physical inactivity problem is both conceptualized and addressed is required, and the target of intervention becomes the community, as opposed to the individual.